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• Pferd — (s. ⇨ Ross). 1. A blind Ferd trefft gleich (gerade) in Grüb herein. (Jüd. deutsch. Warschau.) 2. Alte Pferde achten der Peitsche nicht. Lat.: Psittacus senex ferulam negligit. (Gaal, 926.) 3. Alte Pferde gehen nicht durch. Holl.: Het hollen is… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

• Spurgall — Spur gall ( g[add]l ), n. A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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